HS-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
- Life
The truth behind animal brawls
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Fight like an animal."
- Earth
Journey to the age of the dinosaurs
These discussion prompts cover the major groups of dinosaurs and their time on Earth, as well as how we study them today.
- Life
A dinosaur defined
Students answer questions about how the definition of a dinosaur is changing with new scientific evidence.
- Chemistry
Water flea circus
In this activity, students will measure the effect of environmental conditions on the heart rate of water fleas.
- Chemistry
Surveying a sensitive ecosystem
These discussion prompts cover the pH scale, the solubility of gases, food webs and how organisms react to climate change.
- Earth
The effects of ocean acidification
These questions explore past articles about ocean acidification in the Science News archive.
- Earth
Carbon dioxide’s ecological footprint
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Rising CO2 threatens lake food webs" and an accompanying graph tracking pH.
- Tech
Good and bad of smartphones
Students will search the Science News archive for stories related to the powers and perils of smartphone use.
- Life
Tracking the latest developments
Students will compare and contrast one of the Top 10 stories of 2017 with an earlier related article from the Science News archive.
- Life
Analyzing a top article
Students will read and summarize one of the Top 10 stories of 2017, as reported by Science News.
- Plants
Behold the power of light
These discussion prompts cover chloropasts, chlorophyll, photosynthesis and related reactions, and solar cells.
- Plants
Peering back at plants
Students will search the Science News archive for stories about photosynthesis and plant roots.
